Dream Towns

Plan a vacation location or find a new place to call home in this roundup of our favorite coastal communities.

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Blue Collar to Blue Ribbon

Fort Bragg, California

Fort Bragg is a full-time working town. Though the wild and busy logging days are gone, industry lives on in small mills, construction businesses, and fishing fields.

A new Coastal Trail project will rehab a 45-acre bluff top area into a green space of native plants and a system of multiuse trails connecting the town to the beaches. A 400-acre former Georgia Pacific mill currently sits between the town and the shore, and an approved reuse plan will convert that space into 500 residential units, park space, an extension of downtown, and more ocean views.